Uluwatu draws a crowd that cares about what they eat. Surfers, yogis, people who spend real time in Bali rather than passing through — most of them want food that works with their body, not against it. But finding genuinely healthy food in Uluwatu takes more than walking into a café that has avocado on the menu.
This guide covers what to actually look for, what most places get wrong, and where you can eat and shop knowing the food is clean from the source.
What ‘Healthy Food’ Actually Means in Bali
The word healthy gets used loosely. A café can call itself healthy while cooking everything in sunflower oil, adding sugar to sauces, and sourcing vegetables from a wholesale market three days before they reach your plate. None of that is obvious from a menu — you have to know what to look for.
Three things separate genuinely clean food from food that just sounds clean:
What oil is used for cooking
Seed oils — canola, sunflower, vegetable, rice bran — are the most common cooking oils in Bali’s restaurant kitchens because they are cheap. They are also high in omega-6 polyunsaturated fats that oxidise at cooking temperatures. A restaurant serious about clean food uses beef tallow, grass-fed butter, coconut oil, or extra-virgin olive oil instead. Ask if you are unsure. Most places will tell you.
Where the produce comes from
Bali has excellent local farms — particularly in the highlands of Bedugul and Munduk in North Bali. Produce grown and sold locally is fresher, has not spent days in cold storage, and supports the farming community directly. The distance between farm and kitchen matters more than any organic certification.
Whether sugar is added unnecessarily
Sugar is added to a surprising number of savoury dishes in Indonesian cooking — sauces, dressings, marinades. Restaurants that cook without added sugar have to work harder to build flavour through other means. When a menu says no added sugar, it is a meaningful commitment, not a marketing line.
Mood by Ours: Uluwatu’s Farm-to-Table Café and Organic Market
On Jl. Labuansait in Pecatu, Mood by Ours is the only place in Uluwatu built entirely around these principles. The kitchen uses no seed oils at all — fried dishes use beef tallow, stir-fries use grass-fed butter or olive oil, salads use extra-virgin olive oil, and vegan dishes use coconut oil. There are no exceptions and no hidden shortcuts.
Over 75% of the produce on the menu comes from OURS Farm in Bedugul, the group’s own working farm in the highlands of North Bali. It is harvested daily and delivered straight to the Uluwatu kitchen. The rest comes from trusted local farmers the team works with directly.
There is no added sugar in the cooking. House-made pastas, sauces, juices, and pantry staples are produced in-house. The meats are grass-fed and flame-grilled. The chicken is locally sourced, organic, and probiotic-fed.
What to eat at Mood
The full menu runs from breakfast through dinner. A few standouts for anyone eating with their health in mind:
Mood Bowls — built around specific health outcomes. The Protein Bowl is designed for muscle recovery and hormone balance. The Grilled Salmon Bowl is built for brain health. The Crispy Chickpeas Bowl is nutrient-dense and high in fibre. Each bowl lists its health function on the menu, not as marketing, but as context.
Breakfast — served until 2pm, cooked to order. The Protein Avo Toast, Smoked Salmon Toast, and Shakshuka are consistently strong. No seed oils, no added sugar, produce from that morning’s delivery. See the full best breakfast in Uluwatu guide for the full breakdown.
Bone broths — made entirely in-house using the highest quality ingredients. The Chicken Bone Broth is high in Type I and III collagen for gut integrity and skin. The Beef Bone Broth is rich in Type II collagen for joint support. These are not a trend item at Mood — they are made properly, from scratch.
Drinks — cold-pressed juices made from OURS Farm fruit with no added sugar. Healthy coffee options with lion’s mane, ashwagandha, maca, or collagen. Ceremonial-grade Japanese matcha. Teas blended for specific health functions.
The Mood Market: Eating Clean at Your Villa
Alongside the café, Mood runs an organic grocery market in Uluwatu — one of the only places in the area to buy genuinely clean groceries. The market stocks fresh organic vegetables from the Bedugul farm, seasonal fruit, farm eggs, daily bread and pastries, house-made sauces and pastas, clean pantry staples, no-seed-oil products, kombucha, wellness supplements, and vitamins.
If you are staying in a villa and want to cook for yourself, this is where to shop. Everything is selected with the same criteria as the restaurant kitchen — quality, transparency, and clean ingredients. The market is also available on Gojek for delivery within the Uluwatu area.
What to Look for When Eating Out in Uluwatu
If you are eating at other places around Uluwatu, here are the questions worth asking:
What oil do you cook with? If the answer is vegetable oil, canola, or sunflower, the food is not as clean as it might appear on the menu.
Is the produce local? Bali has excellent local farmers. Cafés that source locally usually know their suppliers and will tell you. Vague answers usually mean wholesale.
Is sugar added to savoury dishes? Harder to ask directly, but menus that flag ‘no added sugar’ as a feature are making a real commitment.
Uluwatu’s food scene is genuinely good and getting better. But if you want to eat in a place where every one of those questions has been answered before you sit down, Mood by Ours is where to go.
Clean Food in Uluwatu Is Possible — You Just Have to Know Where to Look
Eating well in Bali does not mean eating less or eating boringly. It means knowing what is in your food, where it came from, and how it was cooked. At Mood by Ours, those answers are straightforward: farm produce from Bedugul, no seed oils, no added sugar, and a kitchen that makes almost everything from scratch.
Whether you are eating in the café or shopping at the Mood Market for your villa, the standard is the same. Come as you are. Leave in a better mood.
Mood by Ours is on Jl. Labuansait No. 9, Pecatu, Uluwatu. Open daily 8am to 10pm. WhatsApp: +62 822-4762-0267.